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Advanced Spanish pilot approved for 7th grade
The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee approved a one-year advanced Spanish pilot for seventh graders at Amherst Regional Middle School.
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Superintendent presents two school budget scenarios
Easthampton schools laid out cuts tied to the June 9 override vote. Superintendent Michelle Balch told the School Committee that a successful Proposition 2½ override would require $922,603 in cuts to the proposed fiscal 2027 budget, while a failed override would require $2,771,418.
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Granby School Committee adopts new ELA, civics curriculum and approves bus contract
GRANBY -- May 26, 2026, Granby School Committee reorganizes, approves curriculum and $796,809 bus contract. The committee reappointed Jennifer Bartosz as chair and Trevor Agostino as vice chair at its May 26 reorganization meeting,
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Belchertown School Committee Directs Superintendent to Explore Restoring Middle School Spanish
BELCHERTOWN -- May 26, 2026, Belchertown School Committee unanimously directs superintendent to explore restoring Spanish at Jabish Brook Middle School. The committee, meeting May 26 at Chestnut Hill Community School, voted to have Superintendent Brian
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Ware School Committee Accepts Three-Year Bus Contract, Saves $100,000 Over Estimate
Ware School Committee awards three-year bus contract and raises student activity fund limit.
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Committees Approve Unit B Deal, Strategic Plan
The Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committees approved the Unit B contract and a 2026-2028 strategic plan.
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School Committee Backs Hiring Talks With Da Silva
Northampton School Committee voted to authorize contract talks with its lone finalist for business administrator.
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Schools adopt strategic plan, reject start-time freeze
Amherst-Pelham Regional, Pelham and Amherst school committees adopt a long-awaited strategic plan over one dissenting vote.
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Ware School Committee approves $18.9 million FY27 budget, teachers contract
Ware School Committee approves $18.9 million FY27 school budget and ratifies teachers contract at April 8 meeting.
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School Committee rejects school choice pause, 3-2
Amherst School Committee kept school choice open, rejecting a pause 3-2. A motion to stop admitting new choice students for FY27 failed after debate over the $5,000 per-pupil payment and class sizes at Amethyst Brook.
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